China (Morokoshi), from the series The Magic Fox in Three Countries (Sangoku yôko zue)
「三国妖狐図会 中華（もろこし）」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #261; Suzuki 1992, #157; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S66.1
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.38070
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Provenance
By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection